anyone read 'Day of the Triffids' ?

Rating: Null/10 (14 November 2003)

Maybe some other viewers/filmcritics have noticed this too (I haven't read all the comments), but I think this film is just a shameless ripoff of the great novel "THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS" by John Wyndham. This story (first published in 1951!) is about a guy who wakes up in a deserted hospital only to discover that almost al people have become blind after watching a mysterious shower of meteorites. Meanwhile the "triffids" (a newly discovered breed of stinging flesh-eating plants who are bred for their oil), break free and roam (yes, they can WALK) the deserted streets and countryside. Because the plants (obviously) are accustomed to being blind, they have the advantage now and are killing the helpless blind people by the thousands.
The guy and some other people who (for various reasons) have kept their sight flee the city and eventually take refuge in an isolated farmhouse which they defend like a military base. As years go by the issue raises whether the surviving women have the obligation to prevent the human race from dying out (and consequently have to be forced to have children). ....notice some similarities, anyone ?? Just replace "killer flesh-eating plants" with "crazy screaming zombies" and you get, surprise...: 28 Days Later!
I found the beginning of the movie rather startling, but mainly because it made me think about the hazards of freeing animals from labs(like many fanatic animal liberation groups are doing today). The rest was just a boring repetition of "o no, there they come again!".